Chapter 351: Gifts from the Sect

Apart from these high-grade Elements Spirits, Su Che had not yet brought out other rare treasures or various minerals. There was still time ahead—good times couldn’t be enjoyed all at once.

Moreover, Su Che also had his own selfish motives. One of them was that he wanted to use the wealth obtained by Wu Huangxing mainly to develop his own Immortal Prison World or to exchange it for other things he needed in transactions. Even if he did allocate a small portion to develop Tianxuan Sect, it would have to wait until he took over as the new sect leader—only then could it truly be considered his achievement. Everyone has selfish desires; his achievements deserved corresponding glory, and Su Che saw nothing wrong with that.

Inside the grand hall, the several sect ancestors each stored away the Elements Spirits that matched their own attributes. From now on, they would have a lot to do—handling so many high-grade spiritual artifacts required considerable effort to cultivate.

Su Che then inquired about the situation in the cultivation world over the past eight months. The answer he received was that during this time, the seven major sects of the Chaos Faction had not taken any major actions. In particular, Taiyi Sect had lost its two great Yuan Ying cultivators, Tai Hao and Tai Wu, leaving the sect severely weakened and in a state of hiding to recover, unable to cause trouble for now.

“That’s great!” Su Che thought. “I just need time—first to advance to Yuan Ying, then to obtain more Witch God True Blood in the Immortal Realm. Once Lao Hei or Xiao Hei is ready to cultivate Chaos Energy, I can deal with those sects of the Chaos Faction.”

After that, Su Che was about to bid farewell to the sect ancestors when he heard the Supreme Sect Leader say with a smile, “Tian Yu, we also have gifts for you.”

“What kind of gifts?” Su Che wondered. After a moment’s thought, he guessed—could it be…?

Sure enough, the Supreme Sect Leader took out five blood-red fragments from his storage ring. Su Che immediately recognized them as the reward he had offered earlier in the sect: to acquire unknown blood-red fragments that weighed tens of thousands of pounds and were immune to fire and water…

Only Su Che knew that these were the Demon God Bones of the Sky-Devouring Rat.

“Five!” Su Che was overjoyed. By fusing these five Demon God Bones, the power of his Destruction Art would increase significantly. Even at his current level, he could probably injure a cultivator at the mid-Yuan Ying stage.

“Thank you, sect ancestors.”

Su Che quickly stepped forward, took the five Demon God Bones with both hands, and asked, “Do you know the origin of these fragments?”

“A person was sent to investigate for you,” replied the Supreme Patriarch. “It seems to have drifted into the cultivation world countless years ago, but its purpose has long been unknown. It was passed around in various ways and kept changing hands, so its exact origin is untraceable. These five pieces were obtained by our disciples at extremely low prices from several cultivation markets. I estimate that more can be acquired in the coming years.”
“As far as I know, the number of such fragments exceeds one million, scattered across various regions of the cultivation world on Qiyuan Star. If one is determined to collect them, more can likely be found,” replied Su Che.
“Good. If that’s the case, you needn’t worry about this matter; the sect’s strength will handle it for you,” said the Supreme Patriarch with a smile, then asked, “So, do you plan to enter seclusion again?”
Su Che chuckled. “Yes. I intend to cultivate for a long time and won’t leave until I reach the Yuan Ying stage.”
“Oh?”
At these words, the several ancestral masters’ expressions changed. They could sense that Tian Yu intended to reach the Yuan Ying stage in the near future.
Of course, by “near future,” they meant within ten years. For an ancient ancestor with a lifespan of a thousand years, any period not exceeding ten years could be considered short-term.
Su Che was only 25 years old, so it was very likely he would reach the Yuan Ying stage before the age of 30, or even sooner…
Zi Xiao said with satisfaction, “I said before that he could reach the Yuan Ying stage before 30. Let me correct that now—within three years, this kid will definitely become our junior disciple.”
The Supreme Patriarch and the others nodded silently. No one dared to underestimate Su Che anymore. Not to mention three years—even if Su Che said he would go back to sleep and become a Yuan Ying the next day, everyone would still be skeptical and not treat it as a joke.
“Three years?”
Su Che himself was slightly stunned. Shaking his head with a wry smile, he said, “Ancestral Master Zi Xiao, with that statement, you’re putting a lot of pressure on me. Well, to prove your judgment, I’ll also do my utmost to succeed in reaching the Yuan Ying stage within three years.”
“That’s not allowed!”
Xuan Zhong, who cared the most about his beloved disciple and even showed a somewhat overprotective concern, spoke seriously at this moment, “Che, reaching the Yuan Ying stage requires careful attention; one must not rush it.”
Su Che replied with a smile, “Please rest assured, Master. I already possess eight types of divine powers, and my success rate in reaching the Yuan Ying stage is already 80%. Speaking of this, I actually want to enter the sect’s treasure vault and select a few suitable spiritual treasures. One purpose is to transform those treasures into my own divine powers, raising my success rate to over 100%.”

He then pointed at Yan Gu and said, “Secondly, my personal guard is in need of a useful magic weapon; let him go choose one as well.” Of course, the Supreme Patriarch would never refuse such a request. Not only did Su Che want to obtain magical artifacts and powers, but even Yan Gu, who had just joined Tianxuan Sect and was at the mid-Yuan Ying stage, deserved to be treated well. Any magic weapon that the two of them could use was available for them to choose from! Thus, Su Che and Yan Gu followed the Supreme Patriarch on their first visit to the treasure vault, where various magic weapons were stored. This vault was located atop the Patriarch’s Peak, but it was hidden in a secret chamber beneath the Patriarch’s inner palace, deep within the mountain. It was undoubtedly surrounded by numerous restrictions and tightly guarded. The vault consisted of two chambers—outer and inner. The outer chamber was quite spacious, with dozens of display racks holding thousands of treasures of various grades. Spiritual artifacts and magic tools, of course, were not allowed inside. The inner chamber was slightly smaller. Su Che spread his consciousness and quickly calculated that there were ninety-two spiritual treasures there. Su Che had already guessed that, over ten thousand years of Tianxuan Sect’s history, each Yuan Ying ancestor would leave one or two treasures to the sect before passing away or ascending, as their final contribution. Among these, spiritual treasures would surely be the top choice. Su Che had estimated that there were nearly a hundred such treasures in the sect, and what he saw today confirmed that his guess was mostly correct. Adding his own Star Emperor Compass and Sumeru Divine Seal, that made nearly a hundred indeed! “Choose whatever you like,” said the Supreme Patriarch, waving his hand gently at Su Che. “You are already at the late Jin Dan stage, so you can use all the spiritual treasures.” He then said to Yan Gu, “The same goes for you, Junior Brother Yan Gu; you can choose freely.” “Thank you, Senior Brother Patriarch,” Yan Gu replied with a bow as a junior disciple. “I already have two defensive spiritual treasures of decent quality. I just need to pick one or two offensive ones.” The Supreme Patriarch nodded with a smile. So, Su Che and Yan Gu began to select carefully. For Yan Gu, lower-grade and middle-grade spiritual treasures could be completely ignored; at the very least, they needed to be upper-grade treasures to match his mid-Yuan Ying cultivation level. In fact, Su Che also regretted it a bit. If he had known that Yan Gu would become his servant, he wouldn’t have merged that top-grade spiritual treasure, the White Jade Bone Claw. He really didn’t like the power of “Tearing Demon Claw” and would hardly use it, thus wasting one of his top-grade treasures… But in life, it’s impossible to foresee the future or be faultless. There was no point in overthinking what had already happened.

At this moment, Su Che was selecting spiritual treasures without caring about their grades, focusing instead on whether the powers they contained were useful. For example, the Illusory Mirror he obtained from the Ghost Princess of the Dark Realm was merely a top-grade spiritual treasure, but its soul-capturing power was a supreme trump card for defeating enemies. In fact, its contributions surpassed those of Prison Demon and Destruction. The Supreme Patriarch was well-versed in every spiritual treasure in the treasury and could also read Su Che’s thoughts, knowing that he already had ample defensive powers and didn’t need any additional defensive techniques; for offense, he already had Destruction and Thunder Strike, so he didn’t require ordinary offensive powers either. What he needed then was… The Supreme Patriarch casually picked up a colorful and flashy female headdress and said with a smile, “Inside this headdress lies a power called Phantom Shift, which allows for instant teleportation over short distances to evade enemy attacks. It also creates an illusionary duplicate to confuse the enemy’s vision and judgment. Because of its overly feminine design and flamboyance, neither I nor the other disciples wanted to use it. Since you can extract powers, you shouldn’t mind its appearance.” “Phantom Shift?” Su Che immediately became highly interested. He took the headdress and sent it into the Immortal Prison, soon receiving a reply from Lao Hei: It could be fused. “I’ll take it!” Su Che thanked him and accepted the spiritual treasure. Inside the Immortal Prison, Lao Hei threw the headdress into the air and shouted, “Fuse!” The headdress instantly disintegrated into starlight and vanished. This time, the two Bi Dan statues above the gates of the Immortal Prison did not manifest the shape of the headdress, indicating that such a special-function artifact didn’t require their management. Su Che then grasped a new power: Phantom Shift! “Not bad, quite good!” Su Che was secretly delighted—this power was indeed extremely useful. Phantom Shift could be considered instant teleportation over short distances. When activated, two versions of Su Che would appear at any location within fifty zhang. One of them would surely be the real Su Che, while the other was an illusion. Yet in the brief moment of combat, it would be difficult for the enemy to tell which was real and which was fake. By using this teleportation technique to evade attacks, Su Che could also create an illusionary duplicate to confuse the enemy before launching a counterattack to secure victory. The “Great Instant Teleportation Technique” was a supreme art in the immortal realm and hardly existed in the cultivation world. Thus, this short-range teleportation power could only be called “Instant Teleportation”.

That fancy crown was merely a mid-grade spiritual treasure, with a teleportation range of only fifty zhang. Yet now it had become Su Che’s own divine ability, leaving no limits for further development. After reaching the Yuan Ying stage, its teleportation range might increase several times over.
Swish!
Su Che immediately used this ability, creating two copies of himself inside the treasure vault and appearing in different locations.
The Supreme Patriarch was stunned—not only could he not determine which one was his true self at first, but he was even more surprised that Su Che had managed to extract the power of that spiritual treasure and adapt it for his own use in less than ten breaths.
The Supreme Patriarch shook his head lightly, utterly speechless at the extraordinary abilities of his eldest disciple, Tian Yu.